College Football Stat Leaders

2009 Pac-12 Yards Allowed Per Game Leaders

Average opponent yards allowed per game.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Arizona State (297.6)

Best Season

Utah 2019 (269.2)

Scope

Pac-12 • 2009

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

Total Yards Per Game Passing Yards Per Game Rushing Yards Per Game Points Per Game Yards Allowed Per Game Sacks Per Game Tackles For Loss Per Game Third Down Conversion Rate Points Per Opportunity Offensive PPA Defensive PPA Turnover Margin Havoc Rate

Season Selector

All-Time 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004

Conference Selector

All Conferences ACC Big 12 Big Ten Conference USA MAC Mountain West Pac-12 SEC Sun Belt

Summary

Yards allowed per game is useful for quickly identifying defenses that suppress opponent volume, especially when paired with efficiency metrics that show whether the prevention was repeatable.

Yards Allowed Per Game pages track Pac-12 teams in 2009 using a shared leaderboard template with season winners, all-time context, and trend lines across 2011 through 2023.

Arizona State sits atop the current leaderboard at 297.6, giving the page an immediate answer for fans comparing the top teams in this metric.

Utah owns the strongest average across 13 seasons at 348.4, while Fresno State anchors the recent year-by-year trend view.

Arizona State currently headlines this route, while Fresno State supplies the most recent yearly-winner checkpoint in 2025, giving the page both snapshot and trend context.

What The Numbers Say

Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.

How Yards Allowed Per Game Reads

Yards allowed per game is a defense-first volume stat that shows how often a team limits total opponent production across rushing and passing plays. On this 2009 leaderboard, the visible range runs 297.6 to 349.5, with Arizona State setting the pace.

Pac-12 Context

Pac-12 teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Fresno State is the latest winner at 287.4.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Arizona State to No. 5 Oregon State is 51.9, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 357.5 in 2024 to 287.4 in 2025, a swing of 70.1. Arizona State's current mark of 297.6 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 348.4 held by Utah.

Leaderboard

Top 9 rows for the current route scope.


1	Arizona State	Pac-12 Conference	2009	297.6
2	Arizona	Pac-12 Conference	2009	322.2
3	UCLA	Pac-12 Conference	2009	334.0
4	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	2009	336.3
5	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	2009	349.5
6	California	Pac-12 Conference	2009	378.8
7	Washington	Pac-12 Conference	2009	389.5
8	Fresno State	Pac-12	2009	413.7
9	Washington State	Pac-12 Conference	2009	512.0

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

Season	Team	Conference at time	Value
2025	Fresno State	Pac-12	287.4
2024	Fresno State	Pac-12	357.5
2023	UCLA	Pac-12 Conference	301.5
2022	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	332.8
2021	Arizona State	Pac-12 Conference	326.4
2020	Washington	Pac-12 Conference	346.3
2019	Utah	Pac-12 Conference	269.2
2018	Washington	Pac-12 Conference	306.2
2017	Washington	Pac-12 Conference	298.0
2016	Washington	Pac-12 Conference	316.9
2015	Washington	Pac-12 Conference	351.8
2014	Stanford	Pac-12 Conference	282.4
2013	USC	Pac-12 Conference	335.2
2012	Stanford	Pac-12 Conference	336.6
2011	California	Pac-12 Conference	332.9
2010	California	Pac-12 Conference	318.8
2009	Arizona State	Pac-12 Conference	297.6
2008	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	312.2
2007	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	306.2
2006	UCLA	Pac-12 Conference	314.5
2005	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	275.3
2004	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	313.3

Historical Leaderboard

Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.

Rank	Team	Seasons	Average	Best Season
1	Utah	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	348.4	2019 (269.2)
2	Oregon	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	376.6	2005 (275.3)
3	Washington	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	376.7	2017 (298.0)
4	Fresno State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	378.3	2025 (287.4)
5	Stanford	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	389.8	2014 (282.4)
6	USC	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	392.9	2013 (335.2)
7	Arizona State	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	393.7	2009 (297.6)
8	Oregon State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	395.2	2007 (306.2)
9	California	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	396.7	2008 (315.2)
10	UCLA	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	397.1	2023 (301.5)
11	Washington State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	407.6	2025 (301.5)
12	Arizona	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	412.8	2008 (313.0)
13	Colorado	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	437.5	2016 (342.5)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Pac-12 yards allowed per game leaderboard in 2009?

Arizona State ranks first at 297.6 in 2009.

Which Pac-12 program has the best long-term yards allowed per game profile?

Utah owns the strongest all-time average at 348.4 across 13 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Pac-12 race compare with the recent trend?

Fresno State is the most recent yearly winner in this conference scope, so the route combines the current leaderboard with a recent trend line instead of showing only one season snapshot.